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Frank had come to grips with what had happened to his friend. He couldn't change anything, although for Ryan's sake he wished he could. He was glad to see the young man was healing physically, but was worried about his emotional shut down. Noticing a change in his teams attitude he wondered if Ryan would be able to work with them again. That was just another obstacle for poor Ryan to deal with.

Eric and Calliegh understood that Frank was still upset. They had no idea he was such a close friend of Ryan's. Of course they really didn't know much about their co-worker except that he had an uncle. They both knew that would have to change if they wanted to help Ryan and let him know that they wanted him on their team. All week they worked with awkward tension between them now was the time to make peace. Calliegh noticed Frank in the break room and decided to take a chance.

"Hey Frank," she tentatively greeted, "can we talk?"

"What about?"

At that time Eric came in and grabbed a cup of coffee, not really paying attention, nodding to them as he passed.

"I guess I just wanted to apologize to you, I still feel awful about what happened."

"You should," muttered Frank.

"I swear if I could change things, I would! It will never happen again. I promise to try harder and really get to know Ryan."

"I feel the same Frank," Eric chipped in.

"Well, Calliegh, Eric, you might not get the chance," Tripp spoke softly.

"What! What do you mean Frank? Isn't Ryan getting better, is there something wrong that we don't know about?" Eric voiced loudly at first but fear and worry for Ryan caused it to gradually soften.

"What is it your not telling us? Please, tell us," said a worried Calliegh.

The level of genuine concern over Ryan's well being surprised the detective. He decided to tell them about the letter.

"Physically Ryan is doing better. No one has talked about this yet, but the day Ryan collapsed...he left a note for Horatio. He felt he lost whatever trust you had in him. He said he was quitting," he finished quietly.

"Oh god, how do we fix that?" Eric hung his head in despair.

"We'll do whatever it takes to get Ryan back with us! It's been two weeks and I really miss him," stated a determined Calliegh.

"Yeah, I actually miss him too!"

Frank looked them both in the eyes. Seeing that their comments were heartfelt gave him a spark of hope that things would work out. "Well you guys have a lot of work ahead of you. Ryan is a good man and loyal friend. I sure hope you can make amends with him, I would hate to see him leave here."

"We'll try our best Frank. What Calliegh said, 'Whatever it takes!'"

"Thank you Frank," Calliegh said shyly.

"What for?"

"For giving us another chance, and letting us know how Ryan feels about us." A tear fell down her cheek.

"Yeah thanks Frank," Eric added.

"You're both welcome," he replied as he got up to leave.

Calliegh was grateful that some of the tension seemed to lift between the three of them. Now she had to think of how to make things better with Ryan.

"Where do we begin Cal? How do we regain trust in Ryan and show him that we've changed?"

"I guess we'll have to start again, Eric."

"What do you mean?"

"We need to get to really know Ryan. God over three years with us and all I know is that he graduated from college in Boston, top of his class. Also he mentioned having an uncle here in Miami. Not a whole lot, is it?"

"Don't beat yourself up Cal, I don't think anyone really knows too much about him."

"His friends probably do! That's just it Eric, we never made time to get to know him outside of work. I was always busy or had some excuse whenever he invited me over or out for drinks after work."

"Me too Cal. After a while he just stopped asking."

"I hadn't realized! I guess we never gave him a real chance," Calliegh stated sadly.

"I really didn't want to be close to anyone else after we lost Tim...I didn't want to experience that kind of pain again. I've been so selfish that I didn't think about how much I hurt Ryan, I just feel so guilty."

"I hear you Eric, I feel the same way. We really let Ryan down. I sure hope he'll give us another chance."

"Me too, Cal. We can stop by after work and really talk to him."

"We can give it our best!" Calliegh exclaimed as they both finished their break and went back to work.